Paul Verryn

Paul Verryn (26 February 1952-) was a Methodist bishop in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Biography
Paul Verryn was born on 26 February 1952, and he graduated from Rhodes University with degrees in arts and divinity. From 1973 to 1983, Verryn served as a minister in Uitenhage, Transkei, Grahamstown, and Port Elizabeth, giving shelter to anti-apartheid activists that fled from the police. On 29 December 1988, the Mandela United FC abducted four boys from his church hostel in Soweto, and Winnie Mandela forced the boys to say that the priest had sexually abused them. However, they retracted these forced statements in court; one of the boys, Stompie Seipei, was murdered by the MUFC. In the 2000s, Verryn provided shelter to Zimbabwean immigrants that were being attacked by nativists, but in 2009 his reputation was again tarnished by allegations of more child sexual abuse. In 2010, he was fired from his job due to the allegations.